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▪ I. appress, v.|æˈprɛs|
[f. L. appress- ppl. stem of apprimĕre, f. ap- = ad- to + premĕre to press.]
To press close to each other, or to a surface, e.g. leaves to the stem; = adpress. Hence appressed ppl. a.
1791E. Darwin Bot. Gard. ii. 25 note, During the night the upper..surfaces of the leaves are appressed together. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. vii. (1858) 126 Leaves..obtuse, appressed, convex. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 258 Has its lips so closely appressed as to make the aperture invisible.
▪ II. appress
obs. form of oppress. |